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I had heard so many negative things about Valparaíso before my visit there. The crime. The grime. And the area around the bus station was said to be particularly dangerous. So when I headed to Valparaíso at the end of Day 3, I didn’t head directly to [Read more…]
The final day trip of my 2023 trip to Spain was to Alcalá de Henares. Like Arajuez and El Escorial, Alcalá de Henares is located outside the city of Madrid but within the Madrid region. Like all the places I visited on day trips, not to mention places in [Read more…]
For the 5th and penultimate day trip of my trip, I went to Ávila, Spain’s walled city. Ávila is another UNESCO World Heritage Site. Who knows how many I had visited on my trip by this point? Ávila’s medieval defensive walls are the best preserved [Read more…]
You may recall that I was supposed to visit 3 museums on Day 6, but I only made it to 2 because the Naval Museum was closed. I made up for it on Day 9 when I visited the Naval Museum in between my [Read more…]
Okay, let’s continue exploring the Toledo UNESCO World Heritage Site and get ready to visit what’s probably its most significant site, its cathedral. [Read more…]